Summary:
ZIP code 02745 in New Bedford serves seven schools — five elementary, one middle, and one high school — with about 5,122 students across grades PK-12. Six schools belong to New Bedford, whose district rank is 327 of 351, and the high school belongs to Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical, ranked 320 of 351. Both are low-ranked districts, so most schools here face a challenging overall context.
The academic standout is Casimir Pulaski, the only 2-star school in 2025-2026 and highest-ranked in the ZIP at 39th percentile; its ELA 33.86%, math 39.37%, and science 30.12% are all above New Bedford averages, with math close to state. Elwyn G Campbell has bright spots, including the lowest student-teacher ratio (9.2) and 5th-grade math above state, but its rank fell to 24th percentile and science dropped. Gr New Bedford Vocational Technical stands out for completion: 97.8% graduation and 0.6% dropout, though 10th-grade proficiency remains well below state. Normandin Middle School, the only middle school, is at 14th percentile with weak science and civics.
At the low end, Charles S Ashley is 8th percentile with 5.88% all-grade science, and Abraham Lincoln is 9th percentile with 13.95% all-grade math, the highest student-teacher ratio (13.8), and lowest spending ($15,568). Jireh Swift is 18th percentile. Across the ZIP, science is the weakest subject, and no school exceeded state in 2025-2026 all-grade/10th-grade ELA or science; the notable exception is Elwyn G Campbell 5th-grade math at 44.44%. Spending and class size do not show a simple link to outcomes, and free/reduced-lunch data are unavailable, so economic context cannot be compared from this data.
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